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Advocating for LGBT Immigrants
Keynote speaker Victoria Neilson.
On Thursday, October 6, 2011, the Nassau and Suffolk County chapters co-sponsored The Other Side of the Rainbow, a public education event geared toward advocating for the rights of LGBT immigrants.
The workshop took place at Nassau Community College and was the latest event in our year-long immigrants’ rights campaign which is being funded by a grant from the Hagedorn Foundation.
At the event, advocates learned about the implications of immigration laws that tear apart bi-national same-sex couples and received guidance on how to incorporate immigrants’ rights work into their LGBT advocacy.
Attendees also signed lobbying letters to their congressional representatives urging them to end the discriminatory and unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act.
About 50 people attended. Speakers included Samantha Fredrickson, Nassau County Chapter Director; David Kilmnick, CEO of the Long Island GLBT Services Network; and the keynote speaker Victoria Neilson, legal director for Immigration Equality.
NYCLU Nassau County Chapter director Samantha Fredrickson.
Claire Deroche, ATF member and Social Justice Coordinator at UUCSR.
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